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A BAY OF BLOOD

ALSO KNOWN AS: Twitch Of The Death Nerve, Bloodbath, Bloodbath Bay Of Blood, Carnage, Ecology Of Crime, Last House On The Left II.

(1972, Italy)

DIRECTED BY: Mario Bava.

STARRING: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonté, Anna Maria Rosati, Chris Avram, Laura Betti, Brigitte Skay, Isa Miranda.

First off much like Argento's Deep Red which has the also known as title Suspiria II this one has the also known as title Last House On The Left II. With both cases Deep Red is not Suspiria II and A Bay Of Blood is not Last House On The Left II.

I've heard a lot about this film and how much of a classic it is but I can't see why. It inspired Friday The 13th no doubt but more so the sequel, the similarities are hard to miss unless your blind.

Bava is good at capturing beautiful photography and makes sure the murders are bloody enough. The downfall of the film is the characters. You felt nothing for them, not even one. They were all cold hearted thieves out for personal wealth.

Follow a simple plot involving a countess and her fortune for the taking with the heirs to it killing each other off with knives and spears then you have the film

One remarkable gore scene I'd rank up there with the Dawn Of The Dead machete in the zombies head would be the blade in the face scene. The double spear impaling was also quite impressive and used in carbon copy admittingly by director Steve Miner for Friday The 13th part II.

The surprise ending was good but I had no idea why it happened, the motive. Not a bad film but its no classic in my opinion.

Rating: 3 ½ Skulls

Review by: Richard J. Taylor

Email: rtaylor@roadrunner.nf.net

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